Right-justifying currency in a column

[GEB]

I am using column formatting to display a column as currency.  I would like to right-justify the contents of this column.  Is there any way to specify that the contents of a column should be right-justified within that column?

[Milan]

Hello GEB,

You just have to create a simple GridViewCell style and set the HorizontalAlignment property to Right. For example:

<telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Name" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name}">
    <telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellStyle>
        <Style TargetType="gridView:GridViewCell">
            <Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Right"/>
        </Style>
    </telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellStyle>
</telerik:GridViewDataColumn>

Kind regards,
Milan
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[Kevin Happe]

Can you give an example of how I would center or right align a cell in c#?  My columns are added dynamically.

[Vlad]

Hi,

Here is an example:

RadGridView1.Columns.Add(new GridViewDataColumn() { DataMemberBinding = new Binding("CustomerID"), TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Right });


Best wishes,
Vlad
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[Kevin Happe]

I should have given you some more information.  I am having a problem with a checkbox column,  by default it is left aligning and I want to be center aligned.   I tried using textalignment and it didnt change anything.

[Vlad]

Hello,

Here is another example:

           var style = new Style(typeof(GridViewCell));
            var setter = new Setter(GridViewCell.HorizontalContentAlignmentProperty, HorizontalAlignment.Right);
            style.Setters.Add(setter);

            RadGridView1.Columns.Add(new GridViewDataColumn()
            {
                DataMemberBinding = new Binding("CustomerID"),
                CellStyle = style
            });

If you prefer you can define the style as resource instead.

Best wishes,
Vlad
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[Kevin Happe]

Awesome, That worked like a champ and gives me a good example of setting cell styles at runtime.
Thanks
Kevin Happe

[GEB]

Make certain that you set the HorizontalContentAlignment property, as opposed to HorizontalAlignment.  Both will cause the text to be right-justified.  However, double-click will not work properly if HorizontalAlignment is set instead of HorizontalContentAlignment.  This is contrary to the response given on 2/9/2010.

[Charles]

I had this same issue and attempted the solution given above. It didn't work. I received an error:

Failed to create a 'System.Type' from the text 'gridView:GridViewCell'. [Line: 80 Position: 47]

That is the position where the TargetType is defined.